Tag: space opera
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DNF: Children of Time
I tried, I tried, I tried. It’s always disappointing to have a book recommended, and gifted, by a good friend and just not one to get on with, but Children of Time is certainly a book that fits into that esoteric category. But, importantly, it’s a book that I recognised the good of but was…
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Review: Nemesis Games (Paperback)
I’ve been taking my reading seriously lately in an attempt to make good my Goodreads Reading Challenge; after a bit of a break, I’ve returned to the Expanse series which I have been enjoying all year with the fifth instalment, Nemesis Games. I’d previously found the fourth book, Cibola Burn somewhat underwhelming. A bit too…
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Review: Earth Alone (Kindle Edition)
I recently picked this book up on the Amazon Kindle Lender’s Library and I was pleasantly surprised by it. Earth Alone builds the picture of a war-torn Earth shattered some years prior to to the start of the book by a surprise attack by alien “scum” from another planet and, I felt quite convincingly, builds…